nautilus

Definitions


[ˈnɔːtɪləs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a cephalopod mollusc with a light external spiral shell and numerous short tentacles around the mouth



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Origin:
modern Latin, from Latin, from Greek nautilos, literally ‘sailor’


[ˈnɔːtɪləs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the first nuclear-powered submarine, launched in 1954. This US navy vessel made a historic journey (1–5 August 1958) under the ice of the North Pole


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Origin:
a name previously given to Robert Fulton's ‘diving boat’ (1800), also to the fictitious submarine in Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea




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